A tornado...

Tornado. Image courtesy of Wikimedia free files.
By DE
@DaddyEvil (174228)
United States
March 2, 2021 11:44am CST
Do you head to your basement or to a shelter if/when a tornado alarm/siren goes off? A siren went off around 10:30 am here for a tornado. Pretty and I went outside looking for it but never saw it. We used to watch them from our front porch at the other house but can't see them since we moved.
46 people like this
46 responses
AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
2 Mar 21
Usually... We start in the den so we can watch them, then head to the hallway with blankets and pillows if it gets bad enough. Live in an L shaped Ranch House so the hallway is the center most.
7 people like this
DE
@DaddyEvil (174228)
• United States
2 Mar 21
Do you get many in your area?
3 people like this
AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
2 Mar 21
@DaddyEvil In the past few years, we haven't. They've sort of hit around us. The last really bad one was in the 90's for my area. About twelve years ago, when I was still with the ex, we had a tornado touch down not a mile from our house. It destroyed about ten or so houses.
6 people like this
DE
@DaddyEvil (174228)
• United States
2 Mar 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum Wow! My city is on a hill on a high plateau. Tornadoes sweep around the city to the north. There's a valley they follow, every time.
4 people like this
Laura
@Laurakemunto (13787)
• Kenya
2 Mar 21
We are lucky none here
3 people like this
DE
@DaddyEvil (174228)
• United States
2 Mar 21
They can be quite scary if you're in the wrong place when they go through.
3 people like this
DE
@DaddyEvil (174228)
• United States
2 Mar 21
@Laurakemunto You don't have time to be scared when a tornado is near you. All you're thinking about is where can I go to be safe.
2 people like this
Laura
@Laurakemunto (13787)
• Kenya
2 Mar 21
@DaddyEvil yes I've watched videos on that
2 people like this
Reine25
@Lucky15 (37391)
• Philippines
2 Mar 21
we don't get here, DE. something to be thankful for, but i am curious too, haha
2 people like this
DE
@DaddyEvil (174228)
• United States
3 Mar 21
Maybe not where you're at but yes, the Philippines do experience tornadoes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manila_tornado
en.wikipedia.org
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manila_tornado
1 person likes this
DE
@DaddyEvil (174228)
• United States
3 Mar 21
@Lucky15 Notice, I didn't ask which city or island you live in/on. I hope you never experience one. BTW, I am cooking a meatloaf. Would you like some when it gets done?
1 person likes this
Reine25
@Lucky15 (37391)
• Philippines
3 Mar 21
@DaddyEvil maybe i am living in the part of the country where tornado is not common ;)
1 person likes this
paigea
@paigea (36143)
• Canada
2 Mar 21
We don't have sirens. Just alarms on TV, etc. Have only ever had warnings, no sightings.
2 people like this
DE
@DaddyEvil (174228)
• United States
2 Mar 21
Pretty and I love watching them. There is just something so... powerful about them as they sweep around our city to the north... I'm sure the people actually in the path don't find them as fascinating as we do, though.
2 people like this
DE
@DaddyEvil (174228)
• United States
3 Mar 21
@paigea I agree... After tornadoes go around our city, Pretty and I will drive out to see the devastation. Here, we are called looky-lou's for doing that.
1 person likes this
paigea
@paigea (36143)
• Canada
2 Mar 21
@DaddyEvil No, I would hate to have my house destroyed. I have driven by the destruction of a huge forested area and campground.
1 person likes this
Hanni Harel
@Hannihar (130150)
• Israel
3 Mar 21
@DaddyEvil When I grew up in the States I never lived through a tornado but heard about them. I cannot remember what I did when I heard warnings about them.
2 people like this
DE
@DaddyEvil (174228)
• United States
3 Mar 21
If we lived anywhere else, Pretty and I would be more worried about the tornadoes. As it is, they never come within the city limits here.
1 person likes this
DE
@DaddyEvil (174228)
• United States
3 Mar 21
@Hannihar Thank you. We are glad, too.
1 person likes this
Hanni Harel
@Hannihar (130150)
• Israel
3 Mar 21
@DaddyEvil I am glad that you are safer from them now.
1 person likes this
CarolDM
@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
2 Mar 21
No basement here but we had tornado watches a few days ago.
2 people like this
DE
@DaddyEvil (174228)
• United States
2 Mar 21
We usually get several sirens a year but only see tornadoes once or twice a season.
2 people like this
DE
@DaddyEvil (174228)
• United States
2 Mar 21
@CarolDM I live in Tornado Alley.
2 people like this
CarolDM
@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
2 Mar 21
@DaddyEvil They are not common here but they do happen.
2 people like this
bonnie
@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
2 Mar 21
I hope you will be okay both of you
2 people like this
bonnie
@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
2 Mar 21
2 people like this
DE
@DaddyEvil (174228)
• United States
2 Mar 21
Thank you, Dearheart. We'll be fine, I promise.
2 people like this
marguicha
@marguicha (230334)
• Chile
2 Mar 21
I have never seen a tornado in my life but I have been in a lot of earthquakes. Our planes is not an easy place to live.
2 people like this
popciclecold
@popciclecold (40215)
• United States
2 Mar 21
We were in an earthquake once, my husband was so afraid he wanted to come back to Mississippi. The aftershocks are bad also.
1 person likes this
DE
@DaddyEvil (174228)
• United States
2 Mar 21
I've never been in an earthquake before and don't think I'd like feeling the ground go all wonky under my feet.
1 person likes this
Sue21
@lovinangelsinstead21 (36847)
• Pamplona, Spain
2 Mar 21
Neither of that. We do have force gale 90 winds sometimes but that is one very impressive photo you got there. Stay safe and warm in the shelter if you have to.
2 people like this
DE
@DaddyEvil (174228)
• United States
2 Mar 21
The photo isn't mine. We didn't even see the tornado this time. It was outside the city and left as quickly as it came.
2 people like this
much2say
@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
2 Mar 21
We've never been through that . . . yikes if a tornado ever hits here! I've fantasized being one of those tornado chasers, but well, I'm sure it's different seeing one up close .
2 people like this
much2say
@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
2 Mar 21
@DaddyEvil That must be cool when it zips by (well hopefully not being destructive in its path). But are you not afraid that it could come towards you? Or have you seen them enough that you could kinda figure which way it's headed?
2 people like this
much2say
@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
2 Mar 21
@DaddyEvil Oh neat . . . I'll go check it out . . . .
1 person likes this
DE
@DaddyEvil (174228)
• United States
2 Mar 21
They always stay outside of the city. Pretty and I always watched them from the front porch or the house we moved from and can't see them from this house. (Yes, we went outside and looked for it. *sigh* We liked seeing them go past.)
2 people like this
Four Walls
@FourWalls (86575)
• United States
2 Mar 21
This is “tornado awareness week” in the US, and most places do tornado drills the first week in March. Ours is tomorrow, weather permitting.
2 people like this
Four Walls
@FourWalls (86575)
• United States
2 Mar 21
@DaddyEvil — been there! I went to the Joplin tornado memorial last year. I live in Louisville, Kentucky. We have our share of trouble here with tornadoes. In fact, today (March 2) is the anniversary of the Henryville tornado.
2 people like this
DE
@DaddyEvil (174228)
• United States
2 Mar 21
@FourWalls Wow! I was down in Joplin just as the tornado was leaving that area. My daughter was in a hospital there when it went through.
2 people like this
DE
@DaddyEvil (174228)
• United States
2 Mar 21
May I ask, where do you live, roughly? I'm in the lower part of Missouri near Springfield.
2 people like this
Marsha
@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
2 Mar 21
Your didn't go hide in the basement? I have a basement but there's not a lot too do down there plus it's chilly. If I knew one was sighted nearby is probably go down there anyway after I prayed. I drove through One once not realizing that's why it was so windy.
1 person likes this
DE
@DaddyEvil (174228)
• United States
3 Mar 21
We don't have a basement. And no, usually hiding in a basement, if your house is destroyed, means you may not be rescued for days if you can't get out by yourself. Some people die in their basement because nobody knew they were home when a tornado goes through.
1 person likes this
Marsha
@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
3 Mar 21
@DaddyEvil I never thought about that before. If the whole house crunches and ends up in the basement that's a lot of rubble to breathe and climb up through.
1 person likes this
DE
@DaddyEvil (174228)
• United States
3 Mar 21
@MarshaMusselman That's why you're usually told to stand in a doorway that is away from glass windows. You're more likely to be found and there won't be too much rubble to dig through to get you out.
1 person likes this
DianneN
@DianneN (254949)
• United States
2 Mar 21
I’ve never been in a tornado nor have seen one. They frighten me more than earthquakes. I’d head for my basement.
2 people like this
DE
@DaddyEvil (174228)
• United States
2 Mar 21
This house doesn't have a basement. My daughter normally watch them circle the city but we moved last year so can't see them anymore.
2 people like this
DE
@DaddyEvil (174228)
• United States
2 Mar 21
@DianneN Tornadoes always swing around out city. We were perfectly safe watching them from our front porch. We kinda miss seeing them.
2 people like this
DianneN
@DianneN (254949)
• United States
2 Mar 21
@DaddyEvil I hope that's a good thing!
2 people like this
Sunrise Fan
@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
2 Mar 21
I'd rather have that failed alarm than the actual tornado happening. Stay safe though.
2 people like this
DE
@DaddyEvil (174228)
• United States
2 Mar 21
Thank you, we will be fine.
2 people like this
Sunrise Fan
@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
2 Mar 21
@DaddyEvil You're welcome
1 person likes this
ShannyBananny
@shaggin (74988)
• United States
9 Mar 21
Well I don’t think I’ve ever heard them make a siren noise for a tornado. Every few years we get news of one via a text or something. Only once did it ever scare me enough that I went down in the cellar stairway. I live at the top of a hill so I doubt I’d ever get to effected by a tornado here is why I don’t worry much. But we do have old trees on the property that in strong winds could probably fall on the house. That was what I was thinking when I moved to the cellar stairs.
1 person likes this
ShannyBananny
@shaggin (74988)
• United States
9 Mar 21
@DaddyEvil hopefully we would be able to crawl out the window if needed.
1 person likes this
DE
@DaddyEvil (174228)
• United States
9 Mar 21
I hope you let someone know you're going to go down into the cellar before you do that. Just in case the trees do come down on the house, someone will know you were home and can dig you out again.
1 person likes this
DE
@DaddyEvil (174228)
• United States
9 Mar 21
@shaggin I hope so, too. There have been people here that were trapped in their basements and weren't looked for in their home because everyone thought they were at work when the tornado went through. It was only after several days of the person not showing up that anyone thought to check their home for them.
1 person likes this
Shavkat
@Shavkat (141906)
• Philippines
3 Mar 21
Did you find it? Be safe there. A tornado is not a good thing to experience by the locals.
1 person likes this
Shavkat
@Shavkat (141906)
• Philippines
4 Mar 21
@DaddyEvil It will be a terrifying moment to have a tornado. I haven't experienced this so I cannot tell how dangerous it is.
1 person likes this
DE
@DaddyEvil (174228)
• United States
4 Mar 21
@Shavkat Tornadoes can be dangerous and terrifying... All you want to do is find somewhere safe and stay there.
1 person likes this
DE
@DaddyEvil (174228)
• United States
3 Mar 21
We think it was a false alarm. The sky had been dark gray before the alarm but cleared soon after the alarm stopped.
1 person likes this
Carmela
@Carmelanirel2 (8085)
• United States
9 Mar 21
Unfortunately we have no basement or shelter and yet we have had tornadoes close by. I guess if one was coming we would go into the bathroom where there are no windows.
1 person likes this
Carmela
@Carmelanirel2 (8085)
• United States
9 Mar 21
@DaddyEvil Yeah, I have heard that too. However, would we be able to maneuver a mattress into the bathroom before a tornado hits? Mattresses are pretty heavy.
1 person likes this
DE
@DaddyEvil (174228)
• United States
9 Mar 21
@Carmelanirel2 I don't know... I'm just telling you what I've heard.
1 person likes this
DE
@DaddyEvil (174228)
• United States
9 Mar 21
Experts say to climb into the bathtub and pull a mattress over yourself. But with your family, I'd go into the bathroom and get on the floor.
1 person likes this
jaishankar
@Shivram59 (50141)
• India
11 Mar 21
@DaddyEvil We don't have tornedos here in India.I have seen it in pictures and videos only.
1 person likes this
DE
@DaddyEvil (174228)
• United States
11 Mar 21
I'd be happy to send one to you if you'd like?
1 person likes this
DE
@DaddyEvil (174228)
• United States
11 Mar 21
@Shivram59 No, I want to send a tornado to you. I know you'd love it.
1 person likes this
jaishankar
@Shivram59 (50141)
• India
11 Mar 21
@DaddyEvil Yes,it's a wonderful photo, but in the photo only.Thanks for sharing the pic.
1 person likes this
Rashna Gandhi
@Rashnag (30597)
• Surat, India
3 Mar 21
We haven't experienced it thankfully where we live. I hope you all are ok. I know it must be so hard to deal with such a natural calamity. Take care
1 person likes this
DE
@DaddyEvil (174228)
• United States
3 Mar 21
That's very interesting... Were you aware that something like tornadoes do form in India. (I'm not sure where Thane is but some parts of India do experience them.) Look at this article:
https://tinyurl.com/yclwxzr6
tinyurl.com
https://tinyurl.com/yclwxzr6
1 person likes this
DE
@DaddyEvil (174228)
• United States
3 Mar 21
@Rashnag I understand. I was asking if you are aware they do happen in your country.
1 person likes this
Rashna Gandhi
@Rashnag (30597)
• Surat, India
3 Mar 21
@DaddyEvil I said I haven't experienced it. Take care
1 person likes this
Nevena Zivkovic
@Nevena83 (66063)
• Serbia
13 Mar 21
Sounds scary. I’ve only seen this in movies.
1 person likes this
DE
@DaddyEvil (174228)
• United States
13 Mar 21
Depending on how close it is to you, yes, it can be very scary.
1 person likes this
DE
@DaddyEvil (174228)
• United States
14 Mar 21
@Nevena83 Outside the city, yes, several times in my lifetime. Not inside the city in at least 130 years. That's how long my family have lived here.
Nevena Zivkovic
@Nevena83 (66063)
• Serbia
14 Mar 21
@DaddyEvil Has a tornado done great damage there ever?
1 person likes this